Dark Sunday Explained

Dark Sunday
Director:Jacqueline Audry
Producer:Claude Dolbert
Starring:Michèle Alfa
Paul Bernard
Marcelle Derrien
Cinematography:Gérard Perrin
Editing:Pierre Delannoy
Studio:Codo Cinema
Distributor:Selb Films
Runtime:84 minutes
Country:France

Dark Sunday (French: Sombre dimanche) is a 1948 French drama film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Michèle Alfa, Paul Bernard and Marcelle Derrien.[1] The film takes its name from the French title of the song "Gloomy Sunday".

The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart.

Synopsis

In pre-war France, a Hungarian immigrant musician is left so saddened when he is rejected by the woman he loves that he writes an incredibly gloomy piece of music. A music publisher is impressed with it and decides to promote using a marketing gimmick. He will get a woman to pretend to attempt suicide because she is so moved by the song.

Cast

References

  1. Bessy & Chirat p.451

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